India favourites for T20 World Cup but must bring A game, says Suryakumar Yadav

Though India are the team in form, Suryakumar believes his side will need to bring their A game in every match of the tournament. “The way we have been playing, it looks like that [India are favourites to win the title], but on any given day, when you play a game, you have to bring your A game. You have to play good cricket. There are 19 other good teams in the competition too, and I’m sure every game will be fun,” Suryakumar said during the captains’ press conference at the BCCI headquarters at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

When told about Ricky Ponting’s team being known to play with an Australian mentality, and asked what his team’s mentality will be, Suryakumar replied: “Indian mentality.

The kind of cricket we’ve been playing across the last year, we will try to play the same way.

And if we play well, the result will also be on our side.”

Besides India, two-time champions England are also among the favourites to clinch the coveted trophy, but skipper Harry Brook insists his team will take things one game at a time.

“We have said from the start that we just want to take it game by game, stay in the moment as much as possible and see where we land in a couple of weeks. We are confident. We want to try and go all the way, obviously. We just have to stick to our guns and play the way we play. Stick to the process and hopefully, we will be there or thereabout,” Brook said.